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MH-230 cLOUDDEAD - Ten  Ten finds cLOUDDEAD building on all of the elements that defined their debut: razor sharp vocal interplay, quirky found sound samples, ambient drone dreamscapes, lyrics that walk the line between observational and confessional, and a fair share of nosdam drums slowed to a growl. Doseone and why? never take the cheap way out. Their lyrics may range from blurry and buried to sharp and surfaced, but each and every line has meaning. The music and production are collaborative, featuring Doseone's knack for bottling emotion, why's self-taught multi-instrumentalist efforts, and odd nosdam's flair for borrowed genius. Individually, Doseone, why? and odd nosdam are as prolific and fearless as anyone in today's new music scene, but together as cLOUDDEAD they are able to create music that captures all of the promise of their individual talents in an unequaled sound. |
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| All must hail - BBC / A brilliant swan song - CMJ / Genuinely Original - Uncut / Catchy and Sublime - Under The Radar / Unquestionably, cLOUDDEAD have arrived - Pitchfork / It's golden. - Magnet / Original and eccentric - Alarm / Its merits are aplenty and deep - Flyer / Strident and sophisticated - Grooves / Uniquely promising and satisfying - Stylus |
| Ten purports to be the final album from this Anticon supergroup. Doseone and why? wander around the beat, chanting and rapping their absurdist free association vocals while the beat does plenty of wandering too. odd nosdam is maniacal, cramming every track full of found sounds, lush harmonies and droning drums. Like Fog or Boom Bip, cLOUDDEAD could be filed under pop just as easily as hip-hop, with neither tag fitting. The compositions here are dense and challenging. On first listen, some songs are just annoying, while others are stunningly gorgeous. But, the more you listen to this, the better it sounds. - Mean Street |
